The study aimed to test the viability of behavioral (health education) and technological (improved stoves and better ventilation) solutions to mitigate IAP in poor rural areas of China under real life implementation conditions. The central tenet was a multisectoral approach, incorporating concerns from the fields of health, energy, environment, education and poverty reduction. We hope that the lessons from this project will motivate research, policy and program responses in China and elsewhere toward large-scale, sustainable improvement in environmental, health and socioeconomic outcomes of household energy use.

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